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brass tacks

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brass tacks
pl.n. Informal
Essential facts; basics: getting down to brass tacks.
brass tacks
Noun, pl
get down to brass tacks Informal to discuss the realities of a situation
Translations
brass tacks npl to get down to brass tacks → ir al grano
brass tacks npl to get down to brass tacks → en venir au fait
brass tacks npl to get down to brass tacks → zur Sache kommen
brass tacks npl to get down to brass tacks (col) → venire al sodo


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will you get down to brass tacks and strike a trial balance?
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
Those who knew him or trafficked with him said that when it came to brass tacks he was Danny-on-the-Spot.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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